Flowers for Algernon

In “Flowers for Algernon,” what is one aspect of the text that shows Charlie is returning to his OLD condition?

• He starts to spell badly again.

• He asks Miss Kinnian to dinner.

• He learns German.

Which phrase best describes Charlie at the end of “Flowers for Algernon”?

• sad but hopeful

• relieved but bitter

• angry and threatening

What conclusion about Charlie is most clearly supported by this excerpt from the first section of “Flowers for Algernon”?

• He cannot control his temper.

• He has below-average intelligence.

• He sees and hears things that are not there.

Choose the conclusion a reader can most accurately draw from this excerpt from “Flowers for Algernon.”

They called the mouse Algernon. Algernon was in a box with a lot of twists and turns like all kinds of walls and they gave me a pencil and a paper with lines and lots of boxes. On one side it said START and on the other side it said FINISH. They said it was amazed and that Algernon and me had the same amazed to do. I dint see how we could have the same amazed if Algernon had a box and I had a paper but I dint say nothing.

• The doctors find Charlie amazing.

• Algernon is running in a maze.

• Algernon is able to read.

Who is Algernon? 

• the scientis

• a mouse

• Charlie's boss

• Charlie's friend at work

What do Charlie's "friends" mean when they say someone "really pulled a Charlie Gordon"?

• they did a cool trick

• they did something kind

• they did something smart

• they did something dumb

Why does Charlie say he feels "sick inside...inside my chest it feels empty"? 

• He was fired from his job. 

• He figured out what it means to "pull a Charlie Gordon." 

• The doctors gave him bad news. 

• Algernon beat him in another race. 

What is the relationship between Dr. Nemur and Dr. Strauss like? 

• They get along well. 

• They fight all the time. 

• They don't ever talk to one another. 

• How would I know? 

How does Charlie feel about Miss Kinnian in the middle of the story?

• He thinks she is an old boring lady.

• He says he is in love with her.

• He just thinks of her as his teacher.

• He doesn't care about her at all.

Who is Algernon?

• One of the doctors

• Charlie's teacher at school for slow adults

• Charlie's friend

• A lab mouse